Limiting Rookies in Canada next year?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Daskov

it says that FIRST Canada will be restricting the number of rookie teams this year. Rookie teams will now have to fill out an application form to be reviewed and approved if you wish to start a team.
This is due to lack of funding for FIRST Canada- they don't have enough money to support the growth that Canada has.

How is funding helped by limiting the number of teams permitted to register? What am I missing?

[Ernst]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

How is funding helped by limiting the number of teams permitted to register? What am I missing?

My guess is that they can't fund more Regionals to support the team growth.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by ZehP

My guess is that they can't fund more Regionals to support the team growth.

I've always heard it stressed that FIRST doesn't pay the costs to put on a regional competition, and that it's up to the committee running the regional to obtain funding via sponsorships and grants and the like. Does FIRST Canada do things differently?

[mman1506]

Didn't FIRST Canada just receive a pretty large multi year donation from Bruce Power?